During this time I have bred over 350
litters of working dogs.
Not exact matches
Because it is done at such a young age, it is impossible to know at the time which puppies in the
litter will go to hunting or
working homes and doing it later in life is a much bigger deal in terms
of pain and difficulty in adjusting for the
dog.
As a behavior evaluation specialist who is hired to choose prospective service
dog candidates, I often have clients asking for an evaluation on a
litter of puppies for psychiatric service
work.
We are expecting a
litter of high performance, outstanding
working dogs.
If puppy farms still existed I would change the amount
of litters any
dog can have to a maximum
of 3 in their lifetime including
working dogs.
Two
of the puppies will come to Eukanuba to stay with their Puppy Raisers that
work at Eukanuba, and the company will continue to follow the entire «E»
Litter until they graduate as Assistance
Dogs at approximately two years
of age.
Farmers would show off the prowess
of their best sheep
dogs to other farmers while at the markets and soon developed a reputation for having the best
working dog litters.
All
dogs like poo
of some flavor: some
dogs enjoy frozen «poopsicles» and limit their snacking to wintertime, some
dogs can not resist fresh herbivore manure and partake in delight whenever they visit a barn yard, some
dogs crave «kitty crunchies»,
working hard to gain access to samples from the
litter box, and some particularly inventive
dogs prefer their poo straight from the dispenser!
These bags are not only good for
dogs, but
work great as a way to get rid
of kitty messes in
litter boxes.
If you get stuck in traffic one day and is late home from
work, your
dog does not have to relieve itself on the carpet (which it hates to do because it knows that it is a bad thing that you do not approve
of), it can instead go to its
litter box and relieve it self there.
I have a
litter of working line german shepherd pups right now and if you got your
dog from a good breeder they should be willing to answer any questions or concerns you have about raising the pup.
Using conservative
litter estimates for the female pets we've sterilized, MN SNAP's
work has prevented the birth
of more than 4.5 million unwanted cats and
dogs!
Noting that as many as 20 percent
of the
dogs adopted from one shelter produced
litters, Christiansen said that voucher programs do not
work, even if mandated by law.
In spite
of the easy refutation
of the anti-purebred litanies, breeders are on the defensive, especially in those areas where active animal rights proponents are
working for laws that penalize owners
of intact
dogs with large license differentials, special breeding permits, advertising restrictions,
litter limits, and even forced sterilization
of dogs impounded for running at large.
The youngest
dogs placed on the register has been a
litter of 2 day old pups - the oldest is 10 years and still
working.
Be informed
of and
work diligently toward the elimination
of hereditary health problems
of the breed by refraining from breeding a
dog or bitch if they have, in 2
litters to different partners, produced offspring with the same serious genetic defect, such as: blindness, deafness, PDA, lameness, or impairment
of vital functions which prevent these offspring from living a normal, healthy life without major surgical or significant medical intervention.
They generally have larger
litters of pups too so this is a win win for a
dog that is ultimately being used as a
working dog.
Ed Frawley has been breeding
dogs since 1978 and has produced many
litters of working bloodline German Shepherd puppies.
Previously, on
working estates, any white puppies in a
litter were considered weaklings and despatched, but the story goes that some
of the dark coloured
dogs were shot as they
worked the under - growth in mistaken identity for vermin.
Most
of the more than 200 Central Florida pets left homeless by February's deadly tornadoes have been reunited with their owners or taken in by new families.For shelter operators who
worked around the clock for days to tend to stranded and injured pets, the task now is to place the 17
dogs and cats remaining from Orange, Osceola and Seminole, the hardest - hit counties.In the days after the storms,
dogs with puppies, cats with
litters on the way, even parakeets and guinea pigs were rescued by strangers or turned in by owners who didn't have a place for themselves, let alone their pets.
Hobby breeder: A breed fancier who has a breed or two (or even three); follows a breeding plan to preserve and protect each breed; produces a limited number
of litters each year; breeds only when a
litter will enhance the breed and the breeding program; raises the puppies with plenty
of environmental stimulation and human contact; has a contract that protects breeder, puppy, and buyer; raises
dog in the house or runs a small, clean kennel; screens breeding stock to eliminate hereditary defects;
works with a breed club or kennel club to promote and protect the breed; and cares that each and every puppy is placed in the best home possible.
I can point out to you that in the
litter that produced my Search and Rescue
dog, Ladyhawke, one
of them went on to
work hogs, one became a protection
dog, two
worked cattle, and the rest were pets.
They are a big product
of their genetics - Mama Gem's genes live strong in these pups — and we have
worked and remaining
working hard to guide plus develop this
litter into the Best
Dogs they can be.
During this same time, I was going through treatment for a reoccurrence
of breast cancer, so between chemotherapy then daily radiation treatments while still trying to
work, I chalked it up to another situation
of a
dog coming with the «mystery disease»... until I took a call from another client in California with a pup from the same
litter.
The Kargers»
work with the
dogs began with caring for a
litter of puppies who had been abandoned and grew into a successful operation whereby SAMM has now placed 200 Mexican
dogs in homes in the United States, and at least 100 more in Mexican homes.